I am an evolutionary ecologist interested in behavioural evolution and communication, with an emphasis on the behavioural mechanisms driving and/or constraining the production of new biodiversity. My dissertation work at the University of Toronto under Dr. Deborah McLennan investigated the evolution of reproductive behaviour in freshwater fish, focusing specifically on the evolution of visual communication between the sexes during courtship and investigating how, and to what extent, changes in courtship signals can impact speciation processes. My postdoctoral research at Tulane University in the lab of Dr. Michael Blum is concerned with understanding how changes in signaling and assessment mechanisms that can be attributed to anthropogenic disturbance (e.g. due to chemical contamination of aquatic systems) contribute to the breakdown of reproductive isolation between native and invasive species.